Abstract

Lapindo hot mudflow in Sidoarjo, 2006, brings a tremendous impact for the surrounding communities, many of the victims of Lapindo Hot Mud overflow is the elderly. And not all older people can accept this situation, it is dikerenakan every elderly person has a different perception of him as a disaster. Seeing so many problems faced by the elderly after they suffered a disaster, requires them to be able to find a way out for their lives back to normal. Many ways are done by individuals to face the pressures they experienced, this is referred to as a coping strategy. This study aims to determine how the coping strategies of elderly victims of the Lapindo hot mudflow in Sidoarjo. This research is a quantitative descriptive. Research was conducted on April 26 to May 2, 2007 in refugee camps overflowing Lumpur Lapindo victims residing in New Market Porong with research respondents as much as 34 people. Data were extracted using a questionnaire. Analysis of the data used is tabulated the frequency with percentage. The results of data analysis shows that most elderly people in the face of disaster surge Lapindo Hot Mud Sidoarjo use coping strategies that focus on emotion (emotional focused coping) where efforts are made to pray, be patient, let go, to get closer to God, work potluck, accept reality and not too think. The fraction of elderly people do business by going to the Komnasham, Lapindo and the government to make demands, and carried his belongings in the event of disaster, these forms are included in problem focused coping strategies.